Jihadi racket busted in Assam for temple robbery

• 12 religious fanatics arrested so far in connection with Shri Nrisingha temple robbery in Karimganj.
• Jihadi gangs are involved in temple loot and robbery in Assam.
• The gangs of religious fanatics committing robberies in temples in Assam are active.

The gangs of religious fanatics do not commit robberies in the offices of wealthy Islamic organisations or mosques, but target only temples. This shows their fanaticism.

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Karimganj (Assam) – The famous Shri Nrisingha temple of Balliya in Karimganj District was robbed in April 2021. As per reports, some miscreants with sharp weapons looted Gold ornaments, cash, and many valuable properties from the 300 years old Hindu temple situated near to Bangladesh border. The priest’s family members were tied up and beaten up.

Karimganj, Assam: Narsimha temple robbed, gold ornaments and cash looted, priest and family tied and beaten uphttps://t.co/SvbDGv48pP

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The villagers and temple management committee reported the matter to the local Nilambazar Police Station who started the investigation of the case. Nilambazar Police team arrested 12 religious fanatics including a driver whose auto was used for ferrying the miscreants to the spot of robbery.

Karimganj District Police Super told the media, the investigation team tracked the location of the miscreants from the tower location of the stolen mobile of the temple priest. Police recovered the stolen ornaments and 3,000 rupees from the robbers. Police also ceased the auto which was used for the temple robbery.

Many Jihadi rackets in Assam have been active to rob the Hindu Temples in Assam at Bramhaputra and Barak valley and Kachar very systematically. These rackets are also involved in cross border dacoity and cow smuggling. Most of them are intruders from Bangladesh.